I’m ready to give up on the people who won’t give President Trump a chance. Certainly the Dems, also the elected Rs in Congress, and many on these threads and elsewhere who call themselves “conservative,” who were ready to abandon him the first second he said or did something that didn’t conform to their expectations. No giving time, no looking beyond the immediate to a longer term solution. Nope, it’s gotta be 100% all of the time, or bye bye. That’s no better than the Dems.
65 million of us. No cracks.
This is not going to come out right, no matter how I say it. But here is the truth, fwiw. In any gathering of people (outside of Mensa get togethers and the like), ~half of those present will be of below average IQ. According to the bell curve, most will be only somewhat below average, while a smattering will be far lower.
Not especially sharp people tend to see things in binary terms. I.e.: Trump says he’s ending DACA: that’s good, very good. But Trump says he’s negotiating with Dems:that’s bad, very bad.
It’s frustrating but it’s also reality. Seeing the Big Picture is a function of intelligence. Those that lack it to some/a certain degree will not, and rarely can be made to, focus on the Big Picture. Rather, they have their Current Fact, and anyone who doesn’t embue it with the proper interpretation [i.e.: theirs] is a sellout.
The good news is that if a deal emerges that is on par with what Trump usually manages via negotiation, the binaries will be back. The Deal will be the newest fact, and will likely be seen as, ‘good, very good.’